Prep sports: Local teams waiting out bad weather

7:36 PM,
Mar. 28, 2013

Snow continues to hinder athletic schedules, canceling most outdoor sports on Thursday as seen by the snow-covered, inaccessible parking lot entrance at Municipal Athletic Field in Manitowoc, where Manitowoc Lincoln hosts their home baseball games. Even when the snow melts and the parking lot is cleared, there will be no joy in mudville, as the soggy, muddy fields will pose an additional danger to the safety of athletes.

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The prep indoor track and field season is fully underway here in Manitowoc County. Prep soccer, baseball, soccer and golf? Not so much.

While all four of the sports have begun practicing, and were scheduled to compete as early as two weeks ago, none have been able to step foot on a playing field to compete in their first regular-season games.

"Everyone gets a little restless (with the cancellations)," Two Rivers athletic directors Matt LaTour said. "It's hard trying to practice things indoors, then it becomes a scheduling nightmare trying to get everything in and trying to get officials and ...